The Reel Rejects - MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FINAL RECKONING Out Of Theater REACTION!

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Starting point is 00:01:00 Greg and I just got out of Mission Impossible Final Reckoning, the eighth installment of a franchise, both Greg and I hold near and dear. We went to this exact same event for seven a couple years ago and left in a tizzy. Both of us not feeling as we wanted to feel, both enjoying seven, but not as much as we felt the collective did. I have the opposite experience on this one, and I'm curious to know Greg's thoughts. I feel like a reporter on the street. To you, Greg? Oh, yeah, I would say, overall, I liked the film. I didn't love the movie as much as I perhaps wanted to.

Starting point is 00:01:40 Kind of a sentiment that was sort of being echoed, and you could feel it throughout because a good amount of people were kind of leaving within the first hour of this film. The first hour, I think, is a little bit rough of an experience, especially the first, like, 20 to 30 minutes is pretty rough, in my opinion. However, it is a film that as it progresses, it gets better. better as it goes. I do not think it needed to be this long. I think there's actually a good amount of stuff that they could have cut. But I'll say this, man, in the trailers, they sort

Starting point is 00:02:09 of tease a submarine sequence. They've been heavily teasing the plane sequence. The plane sequence is, dude, that's got to be one of the mission alone. It's got to be one of the best mission of possible sequences ever. When I now list the great stunts, that will absolutely be in the top five. What do you think of the submarine sequence? So the submarine sequence was so interestingly claustrophobic and it was so dizzying and disorienting that i thought many times how does tom cruise know what direction the world is yeah it was really impressive that they were so immersive that i kept getting disoriented and kept trying to like track it effectively makes you feel like you're part of the stunt in a really special way and i love the inversion of water to air by having

Starting point is 00:02:44 the two big stunts be claustrophobic and then exposing so from heights down to depths that was really cool my brief thoughts since greg gave his i do want to say that the first act is far and away the weakest of the three and it is at a disservice to the film itself i personally like this one more than seven i personally thought as this film progressed not only did it get better but it actually the second two acts cement itself as some of my favorite of this post uh mission impossible five era i feel like rogue nation and onward is a different vibe than ghost protocol and forward and as the post five vibes i love the second two x here i thought that the cg i bothered me in the first film some of the odd jump cuts and ADR that weren't at their fault because they were shooting during COVID.

Starting point is 00:03:28 They had a lot of things to navigate around. It affected my suspension of disbelief. This franchise doesn't work if you don't buy that Tom Cruise is actually putting himself in peril. And even when he's riding on a train, if there's CGI around the train, my brain goes, I'm not as excited as other things. This film doesn't have those elements from seven that bothered me. And it enhances things from all seven prior films in that second and third act.

Starting point is 00:03:49 Plus, it has a lot of love for three, which is my favorite. Okay, yeah. I mean, to talk about, I'll bring it back to the submarine sequence. The submarine sequence was a really unique thing because I couldn't quite tell what was CGI and what was practical. Yes. And I found the pressure in my head occurring. Like, it was a thing where I felt like I was actually within the sequence. I felt submerged into the sequence because I could feel like the pressure in my head kind

Starting point is 00:04:17 of clogging up. And it's one of the most unique sequences that the Mission Impossible, Frank, has done because I don't know how they would possibly orchestrate that sequence. I was so fascinated by like, how did they stage this? How did they direct this scene? It was practical. How much was augmented? How much did Tom Cruise submerge himself? Like, how did he breathe for these long takes? Yeah. It does so many things. And like, for me, it was the back of my skull. Like the base of my skull was tightening because I'd been tens for so long. You boy got the bends. Yeah, yeah. Plain sequence was one where I was genuinely scared

Starting point is 00:04:51 when i was watching it one of the unique things about this installment i think this is the only one of the mission impossible movies that is a straight up a horror movie this film is a horror movie the it has more of this like psychological terror it has these elements that are very like religious commentary as well which surprised me it also dealt on the connection that we have with artificial intelligence how it's causing like a disconnect with humanity how we are starting to worship this stuff and there's a constant paranoia and frotness i think there's there's suspense in the other ones. I think there's a lot of tension in the other ones. This one does a lot of things that I was like, oh, they're going for a straight up menacing

Starting point is 00:05:29 horror film right from, like how I would say is the stakes in this one genuinely does feel like the biggest mission that Ethan Hunt has ever had to do. It is actually imposing and it does feel like, oh my God, the world is really at stake here. There's a lot of movies where world ending is the biggest threat and it's kind of an easy threat in an action movie. one I really sort of bought into. I also think the stakes in peril you're talking about here are interesting in a franchise that starts out being called Mission Impossible. It's kind of become a running joke of like more like Mission Improbable.

Starting point is 00:06:01 And this one does feel continuously impossible. And those moments of like will it, will they, will they survive, who will die? All those things. Like you feel those stakes in a real way. Like I genuinely thought everyone could die at any moment in these stakes. And this long into the franchise, I love that it can make you feel like that. And it manages to escalate without losing the plot. I feel like one of my favorite franchise is Fast and the Furious in some of the later installments has kind of lost what it's meant to be.

Starting point is 00:06:25 This one felt like it found who it was meant to be, what it was meant to get back to. And it does something really interesting where at points there are not only actors that are super popular right now that appear and they almost feel like, oh my God, it's that guy in a way that like an oceans movie. Like they assemble an IMF team full of incredible actors working right now that are stupendous. But also it references the old films in a way that feels like it's a legacy film. It feels like the eighth installment in something, as opposed to some of the other missions that feel like, oh, we want to do this type of stunt. What do we build around that?

Starting point is 00:06:55 Oh, we want to go here. What do we build around that? Which are great as well in a series. But this one feels like a beautiful culmination of all roads led to this to bring it back to Fast and the Furious. And some of the acting in this is, I think, some of the best. I think Simon Pegg here is pouring his heart out. I think what we get out of Tom Cruise.

Starting point is 00:07:11 I think the beauty of Tom Cruise is his action and his intensity. His sensibilities physically and mentally. and I think he brings so much great pathos to him caring about his team while also delivering Tom Cruise sprints and stunt work. And it's just, it's all of them doing their best. It's just that first act. It takes a bit to get through to get to their best. Yeah, I think this one's rooted in character more than Dead Reckoning.

Starting point is 00:07:33 I would say, like, I like this one more than Dead Reckoning. I think some of the flaws, though, that I personally have with Dead Reckoning still do carry over into this film. They were kicking us out. We had to move over here, so we'll finish it up here. Anyway, as I was saying, I think some of the problems that I kind of have a dead reckoning do carry over into this film. Everyone's a really great actor in this. Everyone's really committed and doing a really great job for what they're doing.

Starting point is 00:07:59 I do feel that a lot of the writing, however, is still, I think a lot of the movies kind of devoid of the personality that has made a lot of the earlier installments great. Like I get there going for a little bit, something more serious, a little bit more stoic. And as I was watching it, I did think of Fast and Furious, but without any. of the self-awareness that I think the movie was doing like there's so many scenes that are kind of the same structure everyone kind of has the same their dialogue everyone sounds kind of the same like let's get a whole bunch of people in a circle and let's all just have them like one line each one line each one line each and there's so many scenes that are like that and i felt like simon peg doesn't even really have the personality that he had in like earlier films uh like again everyone does a really

Starting point is 00:08:43 great job i love palm clementiaf in this movie a lot she has such great screen presence and i want to see more of her and i was doing my little thing in my head where i was going oh if there's anyone i want to spin off i would love to see more of pom clementiaf in it but i do think that the cat's with the least lines yeah right i do think that the movie is a little self-indulgent in look how freaking serious we are and i think that kind of weighs down the movie there are sequences for sure that are a hundred super duper entertaining. I wouldn't call this movie fun at all, though. And that's kind of like an emotion that I associate with it. I think there's like a line or two that's kind of fun. I think there's a sequence that is ultimately entertaining, which can equate to fun. But the

Starting point is 00:09:26 overall vibe is something that I'm personally at conflict with. This is my point of view. I don't know what anyone else are going to think. I'm hearing Koi's point of view, which I love to feel your enthusiasm. And I could feel it while you were next to me. But as I was watching it, I was, like, break, right. Yeah. But as I was. watching it. I did find myself kind of checking out or a little bit bored during some of the dialogue scenes. And that was something that I would not say about earlier installments outside of Dead Reckoning, while I do think this one is actually better than Dead Reckoning. I think my bar because of Dead Reckoning, I think, and I love everything I had to say because I definitely

Starting point is 00:10:02 acknowledged and wrote those things away, even as you're describing it, I was like, yeah, and I think I was really upset by Dead Reckoning, so I was just happier to be here. And so I think I had a lot of moments of like, yeah, but, and I don't know if that's fair, but I know when I'm watching the eighth installment of something, I'm going to think of seven, and then I'll think of one through six. Like, I'm going to think of the most recent installment, and that was personally a little bit of a disappointment for me because of how much I love this franchise. So I think there were two things at play. One, love of the franchise, love of seeing Vingraim, Simon Peg, love of seeing the incredible Rebecca Ferguson, and then there's, oh, it's also better than seven,

Starting point is 00:10:34 and then that lands a little higher than maybe is deserved, but I don't disagree with a single thing you had to say and there were moments where i was like okay you don't trust me because you've done this exposition about three times down like and but the problem was in dead reckoning i think in our review we mentioned there were times that it went like five times yeah in dead reckoning there were moments where i was like how dumb do you think i am and then i felt like oh but i think this is a highbrow franchise i think of this is intellectual this one does temper that it is still a little more than i'd like but it is i think better than that so i think a lot of my enjoyment i'd give it like an 8.1 is because i wanted to like it more and that helped me enjoy it i think rebecca ferguson is one of those movie stars

Starting point is 00:11:13 that doesn't have the name recognition she deserves i mean haley atwell i i'm sorry wires crossed haley atwell i think is one of those of exhibit a what i just said i think she should be a name actress above the title like she's got such presence she's got this ability to be so full of commanding or a while delivering dialogue while doing action and that is what this movie brings along with seven peg ving rames tom cruise and all those things and we don't get that in a lot of movies in this genre We don't get a lot of movies like this. So I think I might be more forgiving of Mission Impossible than I would be something else. But you're not wrong.

Starting point is 00:11:43 And I don't think this is going to be for everyone. I think if you don't love Mission Impossible, this might rank lower for you. Out of a three-hour movie, I think there's four action scenes, you know, which I think was kind of like dismayed some of the audience. Like my favorite one is Mission Impossible Three, which is not hell bent on nonstop action. That is very much like a thriller first action adventure second and very character-driven. So, like, I'm all about that. Whereas this is, you know, mainly, like, expositional shit. But there are some sequences that I can think of.

Starting point is 00:12:12 Like, there's this one motif that they keep cutting to is, like, the people in charge of the country. And they keep cutting around to the boardroom there. And I like kind of this a few good men escalation of this, like, jury deciding the fate of the world. So some of those scenes that were only dialogue, I thought were great. It's not like every single scene that has dialogue is suddenly boring or something. but I did feel like a bit of that missing personality. However, man, for a movie theater experience, like, you really can't beat the couple of sequences that they do have

Starting point is 00:12:45 that are like, it's worth watching just for this. Take any one of those sequences that we named. I think there's even more hand-to-hand combat than the last one. And it's great. And this movie does not, mostly, yeah. This movie doesn't have car chase scene, which I think a lot of the other, I think the other ones kind of like consistently have that, right?

Starting point is 00:13:02 It's like an SUV underground chase. For like 20 seconds. Yeah. It's pretty sure. It's all vehicles. It's pretty sure. That's not a structured moment like the rest. Yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:11 But I like the horror. I like the menace. I like the entity implementation a lot more here. I like the fanatic commentary about like what happens with society if they start worshiping an AI. I like the commentary on trust. I really enjoyed that the, we talked about it the very big of this review. The AI declares about trust. And I really feel the state.

Starting point is 00:13:32 there relating to our world much more than the last one where it felt like they somehow made AI mustache twirley the last one somehow made a non-physical entity feel physically silly and this one doesn't right i wouldn't give it an 8.1 i'd probably give it like a 7 out of 10 okay but i i would give that for like the theater experience i would give like an 8 out of 10 for what they do with the action sequences alone at home i might even rank it a little bit lower i don't know i don't know yet is it your second or last third to last i would say it's the third to last i love the car chasing in reckoning i like i like the train scene a lot on the rewatch of dead reckoning but i think as an overall movie and for its intentions and it being like i think Ethan hunt is way more of an actual

Starting point is 00:14:13 character this time around than in the last movie i would i would make it like third to last but yeah these last couple mission impossibles have not really been the ultimate jam for me because it was kind of like three through six are just incredible films i'm with you that's kind of where on that that's where the peak was like fast five yeah i think they're in the middle i think the franchise should end honestly i i'd be okay with it ending right here and it kind of plays out in a way like we can end this now i was like yeah cameo i mean i know where are we totally fair uh oh run run run it's his final reckoning he said to thank the title allowed i've been going guys his mission was possible so in conclusion i definitely agree like

Starting point is 00:14:59 three through six is kind of the peak and and i do think I think if it ended here, I'd be okay with that, but I, at the end of the day, I'm happy for a movie to feel like it's made for the theater by the man who makes movies to talk about being made in the theater. So thank you, Tom Cruise, as ever for what you put your body in mind through for us. Yeah, go watch an IMAX, go watch on Adobe Cinema, one of the two, preferably IMAX, I would say, because I shoot with IMAX cameras. I was hoping to be a little bit more over the moon. I was a lot more, looking for the positives, a lot more here. That first half hour really rough, first hour really rough, but it does get better as it goes. and that's like the ultimate conclusion that I can say

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